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10 Habits of High Effective Students

Some people believe that really successful students are just born that way. True, some

students are able to breeze through school with little or no effort. However, the vast majority

of successful students achieve success by developing and applying effective study habits. So

if you want to become a successful student, work to develop each of the study habits below

of highly successful students and you'll see your ability to learn and assimilate information

improve.

1. Don't cram - Successful students typically space their work out over shorter periods

of time and rarely try to cram all of their studying into just one or two sessions.

2. Plan ahead - Successful students schedule specific times to complete their studying.

Students who study sporadically and whimsically typically do not perform as well as students

who have a set study schedule.

3. Establish a routine - Not only is it important that you plan, but you must create a

consistent, daily study routine. You'll be mentally and emotionally more prepared and will

become more productive.

4. Have a specific goal. - Studying without direction is not effective. You need to know

exactly what you need to accomplish during each study session.

5. Don’t procrastinate - It’s very easy, and common, to put off your study session

because of lack of interest. Successful students understand that procrastination leads to

rushing, and rushing is the number one cause of errors.

Other key habits include:

6) Start with the most difficult; 7) Review your notes; 8) Find a quiet place; - 9) Use study

groups effectively; and 10) Review other class material - Successful students review what

they've learned during the week in order to be prepared to continue learning new concepts.

Adapted from http://www.educationcorner.com/habits-of-successful-students.html

-to study up on (someone or something) [to learn all one can about someone or something]

Example: Suree had to study up on the community activities in preparation for her speech.

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Grammar Attack

This tense describes completed events that took place in the past before another past event.

Forming the Past Perfect

PAST PERFECT

Used for an action completed prior to some past point of time.

Subject + HAD + Verb (past participle form)

Here is an infographic explaining the present perfect tense:

Past Future Present

Action (A) completed before

Action (B) completed

had eaten my cousin stopped by

Past Future

Author had read five research articles before the week ended.

Present

The researcher had focused on the wrong talking points.

The crosslinking method had provided clues to the problem.

The police had already arrived to secure the scene.

Yui had already secured a grant before she received the project approval.

Vocabulary Build

infra- beneath, below infrastructure, infrasonic, infracentral, infracostal

Climate change has had a direct impact on

the infracostal regions on every continent.

Infrared - below the regular

light spectrum.

inter- between,

among, jointly international, intersection,

interact, interface The company would not intercede in the

dispute, so the conflict cost lives.

Intercept - to stop or

interrupt the course of.

intra- intro- within, inside introvert, intrastate, intranet,

intraarterial

Intrapersonal skills are important for

effective communications.

Intravenous - inside or into a vein.

ir- not irregular, irredeemable,

irrelevant, irrrevocable

His chaotic comments were irrational.

Irrational - not rational.

iso - equal isometric, isothermal, isocellular,

isobar

Isometric exercising has been practices for

centuries.

Isoenergetic - exerting equal force; equally active.

Rebus Puzzle

-a word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.

Top secret

What is the word or phrase expressed in the following rebus puzzle?

Answer to last week’s rebus puzzle: Sum of MARY

Summary - To present the substance in a condensed form.

What is the word or phrase expressed in the following rebus puzzle?

(The answer to the Puzzle will be in the next issue.)

“Any fool can know. The point is to

understand.”

― Albert Einstein

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